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To infinity and below For many, Barnett Newman's abstract art prompts a pure, sublime response. TOM LUBBOCK, however, isn't so sure: is the painter's work just pretentious?
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The Independent - London
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October 1, 2002
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Copyright informationCopyright 2002 The Independent - London. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Barnett Newman's work is hocus-pocus. His fabled greatness is a
story of susceptibility. Newman's paintings offered what many modern
art lovers had long been dreaming of: an art that cut all the crap,
and scored a pure, high, direct hit. And since Newman's partisans
were some of the finest critics of the second half of the last
century, his work has received the most eloquent testimonials. As one
of these critics, David Sylvester, declared: "When I stand and look
at it I know that the whole of art is there."
Newman is normally grouped with the post-war New York school of
Abstract Expressionists, Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, Willem de
Kooning et al. Of the bunch, his work is the least ...
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